Device for suspending mirrors



(No Model.)

A. ISKE.

DBVIOEFOR SUSPENDING MIRRORS.

No. 250,074. Patented Nov, 29,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY ISKE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR SUSPENDING MIRRORS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 250,674, dated November 29, 1881.

Application filed April 21, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY ISKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for suspending Mirrors; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for suspending mirrors or picture-frames in an inclined position; and it consists in the peculiar construction of a perforated bracket-plate or rosette, and in the combination therewith of the suspending-cords, which are attached at their upper ends to the top and at their lower ends to the bottom of the frame, all substantially as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurelre'presents a perspective view of my improved suspending devices as employed in attaching a mirror to a wall in an inclined position. Fig. 2 represents a front view of my bracket-plate or rosette detached and Fig. 3 represents a rear View of said bracket-plate or rosette with the suspending-cords passed through it ready for use.

A designates the side wall of an apartment, B a nail driven into the same, and O a, mirror suspended from said nail by cords D D, each of said cords being attached at its upper end to an eye fastened in the top of the frame and at its lower end to an eye fastened into the lower end or bottom of the frame, these four eyes being preferably near the corners of the frame, though the two upper ones may be between the upper corners and the middle of the top of the frame.

E designates a plate or bracket, to which I have given approximately the form of a rosette, and which is the connection between the afore said nail and cords. This plate has a circular series of holes, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, 850., and a central opening, E, from which radiate slots at b e d, of different widths. The number of holes or of slots may be considerably varied, and the presence of more than one of the latter is not (No model.)

necessary. In the case there is only one slot, however, the plate or bracket E willv not fit tightly, except upon nails of a single size; hence it becomes very desirable to have slots of different widths, each of which will fit its own size of nail. Thus one plate or bracket is made to take the place of several, or to avoid the necessity which would otherwise exist of changing the nail in the wall to the injury of thelatter.

The cords D D pass in and out, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, of the holes 1 2 3 4t 5 6 7 8 on the opposite sides of the central line of the bracketplate, so that their friction against the partitions dividing said holes and between the plate and the wall will hold the mirror in anyposition to which it may be adjusted. The cords may skip some of the holes, as shown, or may pass through them without skipping any.

When itis desired to lessen the inclination of the mirror the lower end thereof is drawn gently down,and when it is desired to increase the inclination the mirror is lifted a little and the upper end drawn out from the wall. In either case the cords D D pull through the holes-in the plate in an upward or downward direction until the pull ceases. In this Way the mirror may be adjusted to any desired inclination.

Hitherto nails have generally been driven into the wall as a support to the lower end of the frame, or braces of some sort have been provided therefor; but my devices dispense with everything of the sort, and reliably retain the frame in an inclined position by the action of thelplate and cords with only one fasteningnai I have described this invention as applied especially to mirror-frames but it is equally applicable to picture-frames or frames of any similar sort. One cord may be used instead of two.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a plate or bracket having a series of holes on each side of the vertical central line with a pair of cords which are passed through the perforations on each side of said line, substantially as set forth.

2. A suspending plate or bracket, said plate being constructed with a central aperture and a series of radial slots of different widths extending therefrom, substantially as and for the slot or slots allowing it to be drawn tightly on Io purpose set forth. the shank thereof.

3. In combination with suspending-cords D In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in D, each to be attached to the top and bottom presence of two Witnesses. of a frame 0 the plate A having holes 1 2 3 4 5, 850., airailged in circular series, and the ANTHONY ISKE' central hole, E, with one or more radial slots Witnesses: extending therefrom, said hole allowing the ZURIEL SWoPE, plate to pass over the head of a nail, and said CHAS. R. KLINE. 

